Historical figures of the Middle Ages
The atlas holds 75 people and 1,141 moments here, from 476 to 1452. The most recorded lives are Ibn Battuta, Charlemagne and Nasir Khusraw. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Abu Bakr
from 573 to 634
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Abu Bakr (Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa, c. 573–634) was a Meccan merchant, early companion of Muhammad, and the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.…
Abu Bakr al-Razi
from 865 to 925
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Persian physician, philosopher, alchemist, and prolific medical writer, also known in Latin as Rhazes.…
Abu Nuwas
from 756 to 814
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Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī was a classical Arabic poet. Sources document his birth in the Ahvaz area, childhood and study in Basra and…
Adi Shankara
from 700 to 750
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Indian Advaita Vedanta scholar-monk and teacher. Modern scholarship generally places his life circa 700–750 CE, but reliable biographical evidence is…
Aisha
from 614 to 678
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Aisha bint Abi Bakr (c. 614–678), wife of Muhammad, major transmitter of hadith, teacher, and political figure in the early Muslim community.…
Al-Biruni
from 973 to 1048
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Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni was a Khwarazmian polymath whose documented movements connect Kath and Khwarazm, Bukhara, Gurgan, Gurganj,…
Al-Farabi
from 942 to 950
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Abu Nasr al-Farabi was an early Islamic philosopher, logician, and music theorist. The surviving reliable evidence for his movements is sparse: it…
Al-Ghazali
from 1058 to 1111
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Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali was a Persian Sunni jurist, theologian, philosopher, logician, and mystic.…
Ali ibn Abi Talib
from 600 to 661
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Ali ibn Abi Talib was the fourth Rashidun caliph (656–661), cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, and first Shia Imam.…
Al-Tirmidhi
from 824 to 892
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Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi) was a ninth-century hadith scholar and compiler of Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi.…
Aryabhata
in 476
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Indian mathematician-astronomer of the Gupta era. Surviving biographical evidence securely associates him with Kusumapura/Pataliputra, near modern…
Averroes
from 1126 to 1182
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Averroes, also known as Ibn Rushd, was an Andalusian jurist, physician, philosopher, and commentator on Aristotle.…
Avicenna
from 980 to 1037
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna; c. 980–22 June 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician, and court official.…
Batu Khan
from 1205 to 1255
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Batu Khan (c. 1205–1255) was a Mongol ruler of the Jochid ulus and founder of the Golden Horde.…
Brahmagupta
from 598 to 668
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Indian mathematician and astronomer traditionally dated to c. 598–668 CE. Surviving biographical evidence securely associates him with Bhillamāla…
Charlemagne
from 761 to 814
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Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…
Christopher Columbus
in 1451
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Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…
Clovis I
from 486 to 511
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Clovis I was king of the Salian Franks from 481 and the first Frankish king to unite much of the Frankish peoples under one ruler.…
Dante Alighieri
from 1265 to 1321
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Florentine poet, prose writer, philosopher, and statesman whose Divine Comedy became a foundational work of Italian and European literature.…
Du Fu
from 712 to 770
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Tang-dynasty Chinese poet and minor official. His documented movements span the capital region, the northwest frontier, Sichuan, the Yangtze…
Fatima
from 605 to 632
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Fatima bint Muhammad (Fatima al-Zahra) was Muhammad and Khadija’s daughter, born in Mecca and dying in Medina.…
Ferdowsi
from 940 to 1025
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Persian poet Abu'l-Qasim Ferdowsi, author of the Shahnameh. The surviving evidence for his movements is unusually sparse and much later narrative…
Francis of Assisi
from 1181 to 1226
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Italian Catholic friar, deacon, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone at Assisi, he renounced his…
Genghis Khan
from 1162 to 1227
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Born Temüjin, Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and founded the Mongol Empire. His documented movements span the Onon and Kherlen riverlands,…
Moments
- 476 Birth at Kusumapura/Pataliputra Aryabhata
- 476 Capture of Ravenna and deposition of Romulus Augustulus Odoacer
- 480 Dalmatian campaign after Julius Nepos's murder Odoacer
- 482 Born at Tauresium Justinian I
- 486 Battle of Soissons Clovis I
- 487 Victory over the Rugians in Noricum Odoacer
- 489 Battle of the Isonzo Odoacer
- 489 Fortified camp outside Verona Odoacer
- 489 Retreat to Ravenna after Verona Odoacer
- 490 Battle of Faenza Odoacer
- 490 Pursuit to Pavia Odoacer
- 490 Siege in Ravenna Odoacer
- 490 Battle of the Adda River Odoacer
- 493 Murder at the Palace of Honorius Odoacer
- 496 Battle of Tolbiac Clovis I
- 496 Siege of Bordeaux Clovis I
- 496 Siege of Nantes Clovis I
- 496 Siege of Poitiers Clovis I
- 496 Siege of Saintes Clovis I
- 500 Battle near Dijon Clovis I
- 500 Siege of Avignon Clovis I
- 502 Meeting with Alaric II at Amboise Clovis I
- 507 Battle of Vouillé Clovis I
- 507 Entry into Tours Clovis I
- 507 Winter at Bordeaux Clovis I
- 508 Capture of Angoulême Clovis I
- 508 Consular ceremony at Tours Clovis I
- 508 Establishment of royal seat at Paris Clovis I
- 508 Siege of Carcassonne Clovis I
- 511 Death at Paris Clovis I
- 518 Resides at the Palace of Hormisdas Justinian I
- 525 Marries Theodora in Constantinople Justinian I
- 532 Addresses the Nika rebels in the Hippodrome Justinian I
- 537 Inaugurates Hagia Sophia Justinian I
- 554 Birth in Mecca Khadija bint Khuwaylid
- 559 Establishes his court at Selymbria Justinian I
- 565 Dies in Constantinople Justinian I
- 570 Born in Mecca Muhammad
- 573 Birth in Mecca Abu Bakr
- 576 Birth in Mecca Uthman ibn Affan
- 577 Visits maternal relatives in Yathrib Muhammad
- 584 Birth in Mecca Umar ibn al-Khattab
- 595 Leads a caravan into Syria Muhammad
- 598 Birth at Bhillamāla Brahmagupta
- 600 Traditional birth at the Kaaba Ali ibn Abi Talib
- 602 Birth near Luoyang Xuanzang
- 605 Birth in Mecca Fatima
- 610 Prayer beside the Kaaba Khadija bint Khuwaylid
- 610 Receives the first revelation at Hira Muhammad
- 611 Return from Syrian business journey Uthman ibn Affan